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Acknowledgments

The David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins and the Human Origins Initiative of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History are made possible through the generous support of the following individuals and organizations:

David H. Koch

Peter Buck

The National Science Foundation

The Ruth and Vernon Taylor Foundation, Montana

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery Meyer

Charles E. Dern

Joan and Robert Donner

The following individuals from institutions outside of the Smithsonian have generously contributed time and expertise in reviewing content and providing objects featured in the David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins:

National Institution Partners:

American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute of Biological Sciences, American Museum of Natural History, Arizona State University, Berkeley Geochronology Center, Binghamton University, Boston University, California Academy of Sciences, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Columbia University, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Field Museum, Florida State University, George Washington University, Harvard University, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Idaho State University, Institute of Human Origins, Iowa State University, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Leakey Foundation, Museum of the Earth, National Academy of Sciences, National Association of Biology Teachers, National Center for Science Education, National Geographic Society, National Science Foundation, National Science Teachers Association, New York University, PBS-NOVA, Presbyterian Association on Science, Technology, and the Christian Faith, Princeton University, Queens College (CUNY), Rutgers University, Stony Brook University, Stone Age Institute, Texas A&M University, United States Department of State (St. Petersburg, Russia), University of Albany, University of Arkansas, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Museum of Paleontology, University of Colorado at Boulder, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), University of Pennsylvania, Washington University in St. Louis, Wenner-Gren Foundation, Yale University

International Institution Partners:

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France), Chinese Academy of Sciences (China), Department of Energy and Mineral Resources (Indonesia), East London Museum (South Africa), Gadjah Mada University (Indonesia), Geological Survey of India (India), Geological Survey of Indonesia (Indonesia), Georgian National Museum (Republic of Georgia), Gombe Stream National Park (Tanzania), Hebei Province Institute of Cultural Relics (China), Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel), Hungarian Geological Institute (Hungary), Institute of Geology and Geophysics - Chinese Academy of Sciences (China), Institute of Material Culture - Russian Academy of Science (Russia), Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology - Chinese Academy of Sciences (China), Iziko Museums of Cape Town (South Africa), Karnatak University (India), Koichi University of Technology (Japan), Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (Germany), Musée de l’Homme (France), Museu Nacional de Brasil (Brazil), National Museum of Ethiopia (Ethiopia), National Museums of Kenya (Kenya), National Research and Development Centre for Archaeology (ARKENAS: Jakarta, Indonesia), Natural History Museum (London), Natural History Museum of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (China), Primate Research Institute of Kyoto University (Japan), Senckenberg Research Institute (Germany), State Hermitage Museum (Russia), Swedish Museum of Natural History (Sweden), Tel Aviv University (Israel), Transvaal Museum (South Africa), Ulmer Museum (Germany), Università di Firenze (Italy), Università di Roma 'La Sapienza' (Italy), University College London (UK), University of Bergen (Norway), University of Bordeaux (France), University of Cambridge (UK), University of Cape Town (South Africa), University of Helsinki (Finland), University of Johannesburg (South Africa), University of Liège (Belgium), University of New England Armidale (New South Wales, Australia), University of Toronto (Canada), University of Tübingen (Germany), University of Utrecht (Netherlands), University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa)